The Film Festival Doctor Podcast

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About The Film Festival Doctor Podcast

Rebekah Louisa Smith, aka The Film Festival Doctor, is a film festival strategist who can help you get your film seen on the festival circuit. Her podcast focuses on all things film festivals to help you learn more about this part of the film industry. Rebekah interviews festival programmers from all over the world, unpacking their programming process and exploring in detail what they look for when selecting films to screen at their festival. You can find out more about her here www.thefilmfestivaldoctor.com & Instagram @rebekahfilmdr Like, Subscribe, leave a review and visit the Shop page on the website for more free resources and information.

Language: English
Type: podcast

Latest episodes(50)

1Behind the Scenes at the Proof Film Festival
15 Oct 202653m
In this episode, Rebekah sits down with Imani Davis the founder of the Proof Film Festival, a short film festival in Los Angeles dedicated to highlighting the best in proof-of-concept films to discuss…
2Feature Film Programming at the BFI London Film Festival
2 Oct 202636m
In this episode, Rebekah speaks candidly with Grace Barber-Plentie, one of the BFI London Film Festival programmers discussing what she looks for when programming feature films. They also discuss some…
3Spotlight on the BIFA Qualifying Mansfield Town Film Festival
20 Sept 20261h 3m
In this episode, Rebekah sits down with Jay Martin the Festival Director of the BIFA qualifying Mansfield Town Film Festival to discuss working class film programming and curating a selection of…
4Bitesize Episode - Spotlight on Asian American Film Programming
20 Sept 202620m
In this new ‘Bitesize’ series Rebekah takes a deep dive for 15 minutes on one topic with a film festival programmer. In this episode, she sits down with Tony Nguyen & Alishba Javaid the programming…
5Programming TIFF & the Aspen Short Film Festival with Jason Anderson
7 Sept 20261h 14m
In this episode, Rebekah speaks with veteran programmer Jason Anderson discussing candidly programming Canadian, Benelux and Nordic feature films for the Toronto International Film Festival; Canadian…
6Bitesize Episode - Spotlight on the Importance of Film Festival Partnerships
7 Sept 202611m
In this new ‘Bitesize’ series Rebekah takes a deep dive for 15 minutes on one topic. In this episode, she sits down with marketing expert Eric Vollweiler to discuss how marketing plays a significant…
7The Film Festival Doctor Podcast LIVE from the Waco Independent Film Festival
25 Aug 202646m
In this episode, recorded live from the Waco Independent Film Festival, Rebekah sits down with three film festival Directors from the McMinnville Short Film Festival, the Waco Independent Film…
8Bitesize Episode - Spotlight on Disability Film Programming
13 Aug 202613m
In this new ‘Bitesize’ series Rebekah takes a deep dive for 15 minutes on one topic with a film festival programmer. In this episode, she sits down with Nicole Sandavol from the Champion Film Salon…
9Behind The Scenes at the Aesthetica Short Film Festival
13 Aug 20261h 12m
In this episode, Rebekah speaks with Cherie Federico, the Festival Director of the Aesthetica Film Festival, one of the UK's largest BAFTA & BIFA qualifying film festivals. They discuss programming,…
10The World of Webseries - Welcome to the World of 'Rebecca Gold'
30 Jul 202626m
Director Ian David Diaz talks to Rebekah about his multi-award-winning web series Rebecca Gold and how it came together.

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